Carlos Alcaraz easily defeats Lehecka and is already in the quarterfinals of Queen’s

Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz He won this Thursday in a much more comfortable match than the one in the first round against the Czech Republic Jiri Lehecka (6-2 and 6-3) in the tournament in the queen, categories ATP 500 and that is disputed on the grass in London (United Kingdom).

After a tough match against the French Asthur Rinderknech In his debut, Alcaraz met this second round with much more determination and a step forward, he won the first three games in the match and imposed his serve and a much more precise forehand.

The tennis player from Murcia managed to maintain the rhythm throughout the first set, and in the eighth game he reached the second break in the match against Lehecka, who, after defeating the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich, had no choice this time.

Alcaraz started similarly in the second quarter, who made a break in the second game and took the advantage and moved to 3-0 thanks to the fact that he did not lower the score and did not give his opponent an option with his serve. Lehecka had to wait for the fourth game to open his scoring.

In the fifth game, El Palmar saved three break points, but in the end he took away his serve and remained in the lead, an advantage he did not lose, he even managed to close it in the eighth game, but the Czech saved a match point. The Spaniard did not fail in the next either to end the set with 6-3.

The world number two seems to be adjusting to the London grass and thus reached the quarter-finals on this surface for the first time in the tournament, out of the three he has played so far. To advance to the semifinals, Alcaraz, the champion of four titles in 2023, will face the winner of the match between Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov and Argentine Fran Cerundol.